Garren Waldo is a Contributing Writer at Soap Hub. Based in Tennessee, this Southern Fried Spitfire, and authority on all things soapy, whiles away his time critiquing, recapping, and spoiling. He’s sure that within him exists the next Great American Novel, a sensational stage play, and a noteworthy serial or two.
Title: Contributing Writer, Daytime TV Columnist Location: Spring City, Tennessee
Expertise
Topics of Expertise: Critical Analysis, Critical Reading, Soap History, Turning A Phrase Years in This Expertise: 25+ Shows You Write About: The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless. Bygone soap operas (Edge of Night, Guiding Light, Ryan’s Hope, et al.), Foreign serials.
Education & Certifications
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Tennessee Wesleyan College Years of Writing:Professionally: 3+, For Pleasure: 25+
A Word from Garren Waldo
Why Author Chose This Career: I’ve been enamored of the soap opera genre for as long as I can remember, and my most fervent desire is to one day have my name mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Irna Phillips, Henry Slesar, Pat Falken Smith, and Douglas Marland, or, barring what may be the impossible, at the very least alongside soap journalist greats such as John Kelly Genovese, P.K. Waddle, Mimi Torchin, and Marlena De Lacroix. How Author Began Career: An editor with a masochistic streak and the patience of a saint saw fit to take pity on me, an untried but promising scribe with extensive knowledge of soap operas and storylines past and the ability to entertain via the written word. Personal Interests: Dissecting film and television; plugging the myriad of gaps in my knowledge; reading; penning the next Great American Novel, a play that would make Tennessee Williams weep, and an original TV serial worthy of note. Small goals, really.
The General Hospital recaps for October 11 – October 15, 2021, featuring a young criminal taken into custody, a number of confessions, a reputation at…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, October 15, 2021, features Sonny Corinthos and the missus recommitting themselves to one another, Spencer Cassadine refusing to take…
The Y&R spoilers for October 18 – October 22, 2021, tease the beginning of something beautiful – or something potentially volatile, a disconcerting discussion, and…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, October 14, 2021, features Jason Morgan being open and honest with Sonny Corinthos – perhaps to his own detriment.…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, October 13, 2021, features several characters learning that loose lips can indeed sink ships. General Hospital Recap Highlight Scott…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, October 12, 2021, features Alexis Davis begrudgingly admitting that there’s no such thing as a good Cassadine, Ava Jerome…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, October 11, 2021, features Ava Jerome Cassadine teaching Spencer Cassadine the concept of tough love, and several other characters…
As of late, it’s been really, really easy to hate EJ DiMera. He’s smug, condescending, controlling, and dismissive. And yet, beneath the bluster, there’s obviously…
